Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer

Battles of Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer

French general (1747-1804)

Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1799: 6 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Italy (4), Belgium (1), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,049 km apart end to end, 410 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French Revolutionary Wars (2), War of the Pyrenees (1), War of the First Coalition (1).

Capture of BergamoBattle of SprimontBattle of BascaraBattle of LoanoBattle of VeronaBattle of MagnanoBattle of SprimontBattle of BascaraBattle of LoanoBattle of VeronaBattle of MagnanoViennaGenevaBarcelonaMilanFrankfurtBrusselsMunichPragueZürichZagreb500 km46.327N, 6.952E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 1 engagements1795: 2 engagements1799: 3 engagements3 in 179917941799
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Sprimont, 1794Battle of Bascara, 1795Battle of Loano, 1795Battle of Verona, 1799Battle of Magnano, 1799Capture of Bergamo, 179917941799
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 September 1794Battle of SprimontSprimont, BelgiumFrench victory; France completes annexation of Austrian...
14 June 1795Battle of BascaraBàscara, Spain950 km SSpanish-Portuguese victory
22 November 1795Battle of LoanoLoano, Italy485 km NEFrench victory
26 March 1799Battle of VeronaItaly262 km NEInconclusive
5 April 1799Battle of MagnanoMagnano, Italy227 km WAustrian victory
1799Capture of BergamoBergamo, Italy126 km ERussian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.